CHICAGO | General Developments

[harryc]

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[harryc]

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[harryc]

April 8

230 N May, and 1100 W Fulton


Left to right
939 W Fulton, 734 N Milwaukee, (top of) 930 W Fulton, and 905 W Fulton

[jpIllInoIs]

double post

[jpIllInoIs]

Any one know the plans for the former Cable car power stations?

Red stone Cable Car Barn at Wash/Jeff. https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8830...4!8i8192?hl=en

Former IBEW, (they have moved to 2722 s mlk in a former cps property)

[marothisu]

Originally Posted by jpIllInoIs

Any one know the plans for the former Cable car power stations?

Red stone Cable Car Barn at Wash/Jeff. https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8830...4!8i8192?hl=en

Former IBEW, (they have moved to 2722 s mlk in a former cps property)

Bought by SC Johnson nearly 3 years ago. 175 workers were planned for it - not sure of the reality in 2019

https://patch.com/wisconsin/mountple...located-racine

[ChiGuy312]

This has been here a few days now. Does anyone know if it's a soil testing rig? Any insights into what might be going there?




Photos taken by me.

[the urban politician]

^ I can only imagine that a developer is planning something there.

That grocery store with parking is a horrible underutilization of that land

[HowardL]

Originally Posted by ChiGuy312

Any insights into what might be going there?

I was in the hardware store across Broadway today and asked. They knew nothing.
I went to Rock's and they also knew nothing but they kept the pints flowing til I stopped asking.

[Hourstrooper]

https://www.chicagoarchitecture.org/...r-parking-lot/

Another Data center is starting at the site of the one that was cancelled in the south loop
going to be one of the worlds largest as it was intended originally just with a different inside storage

[Hourstrooper]

Logan Square community group challenges 100-unit affordable housing project

let the ARO battles begin!

https://chicago.curbed.com/2019/4/15...housing-kedzie

[BonoboZill4]

Old Town is low key getting tons of projects this cycle

[HomrQT]

Originally Posted by BonoboZill4

Old Town is low key getting tons of projects this cycle

Sad that these new projects don't look very "Old Town".

[west-town-brad]

Originally Posted by Hourstrooper

Logan Square community group challenges 100-unit affordable housing project

let the ARO battles begin!

https://chicago.curbed.com/2019/4/15...housing-kedzie

We are so willing to give authority to “newly formed Facebook groups”...

[LouisVanDerWright]

Originally Posted by west-town-brad

We are so willing to give authority to “newly formed Facebook groups”...

Live in the area and can confirm incoming backlash against this proposal. I'm sure Rosa will openly call anyone who criticises his $12 million hand out a racist.

Pretty insane that he wants to give them $8 million in TIF and $4.5 million (which is a joke, probably worth more like $6 million) in land to get 100% affordable housing. He could, of course, sell the land to a developer for $5 million and still get 30% affordable out of them and not give them $8 million in TIF and then buy a bunch of land elsewhere with that money. But this isn't about creating as much affordable housing as possible, it's about creating affordable housing in the right spot for the right special interest groups that got him reelected.

Meanwhile he told residents across the street from this building (some of whom will now have SFH staring right at this thing) that he was not going to move forward with this project if reelected. Well looks like he lied and those people are PISSED.

[aaron38]

Anecdotal evidence: I work with two young guys who both live in the city. Both are looking for new apartments and are freaking out at the lack of options, availability.
Keep building!

[Kenmore]

like most things in chicago, apartment availability is concentrated on the low and high ends of the market, finding a rental with a median level income in a non-gang infested neighborhood is close to impossible

[LouisVanDerWright]

Originally Posted by Kenmore

like most things in chicago, apartment availability is concentrated on the low and high ends of the market, finding a rental with a median level income in a non-gang infested neighborhood is close to impossible

I will have three 2 BD/ 1 BA apartments availible July 1st one block from the California Pink Line for $1,300. I will have two huge 4 BD/ 2 BA available for $2,000. Is that middle or high end of the market to you?

These are totally gut rehabbed, reconstructed units with granite and stainless steel, new 3" oak floors, new tile, new bathrooms, new plumbing, new electric, spray foam insulation, new windows, reconstructed brick (not just tuckpointed, literally torn apart and rebuilt in large sections including putting back the historic facade), etc...

The affordability crisis is a lie, if that's too pricey for you I have a $800/mo 2/1 at Cermak and Albany, but it's small and has a space heater instead of central air.

[the urban politician]

^ I'm sure those are fantastic units; problem is, there is a large subset of the population who simply won't consider living in that part of town.

And therein lies Chicago's age old problem. We have way too much real estate waiting to get "awoken".

[Via Chicago]

Originally Posted by the urban politician

^ I'm sure those are fantastic units; problem is, there is a large subset of the population who simply won't consider living in that part of town.

because most people would rather pay more than gamble with their safety. "affordable" also means different things to different people.

you could pull up a litany of shootings that have happened near Albany/Cermak in the recent past, while keeping in mind shootings are only the most headline grabbing type of quality of life crime someone in such an area would have to content with.